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1. The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
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1. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 that H834 came H1961 to H413 Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Pethuel H6602 .
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2. Hear this, you elders; listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
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2. Hear H8085 this H2063 , ye old men H2205 , and give ear H238 , all H3605 ye inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 . Hath this H2063 been H1961 in your days H3117 , or even H518 in the days H3117 of your fathers H1 ?
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3. Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.
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3. Tell H5608 ye your children H1121 of H5921 it , and let your children H1121 tell their children H1121 , and their children H1121 another H312 generation H1755 .
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4. What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
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4. That which the palmerworm H1501 hath left H3499 hath the locust H697 eaten H398 ; and that which the locust H697 hath left H3499 hath the cankerworm H3218 eaten H398 ; and that which the cankerworm H3218 hath left H3499 hath the caterpillar H2625 eaten H398 .
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5. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth.
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5. Awake H6974 , ye drunkards H7910 , and weep H1058 ; and howl H3213 , all H3605 ye drinkers H8354 of wine H3196 , because of H5921 the new wine H6071 ; for H3588 it is cut off H3772 from your mouth H4480 H6310 .
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6. For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
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6. For H3588 a nation H1471 is come up H5927 upon H5921 my land H776 , strong H6099 , and without H369 number H4557 , whose teeth H8127 are the teeth H8127 of a lion H738 , and he hath the cheek teeth H4973 of a great lion H3833 .
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7. It has devastated My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white.
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7. He hath laid H7760 my vine H1612 waste H8047 , and barked H7111 my fig tree H8384 : he hath made it clean bare H2834 H2834 , and cast it away H7993 ; the branches H8299 thereof are made white H3835 .
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8. Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the husband of her youth.
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8. Lament H421 like a virgin H1330 girded H2296 with sackcloth H8242 for H5921 the husband H1167 of her youth H5271 .
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9. Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, who are ministers of the LORD, mourn.
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9. The meat offering H4503 and the drink offering H5262 is cut off H3772 from the house H4480 H1004 of the LORD H3068 ; the priests H3548 , the LORD H3068 's ministers H8334 , mourn H56 .
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10. The fields are destroyed; the land grieves; indeed, the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up; and the olive oil fails.
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10. The field H7704 is wasted H7703 , the land H127 mourneth H56 ; for H3588 the corn H1715 is wasted H7703 : the new wine H8492 is dried up H3001 , the oil H3323 languisheth H535 .
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11. Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
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11. Be ye ashamed H954 , O ye husbandmen H406 ; howl H3213 , O ye vinedressers H3755 , for H5921 the wheat H2406 and for H5921 the barley H8184 ; because H3588 the harvest H7105 of the field H7704 is perished H6 .
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12. The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple-- all the trees of the orchard-- have withered. Indeed, human joy has dried up.
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12. The vine H1612 is dried up H3001 , and the fig tree H8384 languisheth H535 ; the pomegranate tree H7416 , the palm tree H8558 also H1571 , and the apple tree H8598 , even all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 , are withered H3001 : because H3588 joy H8342 is withered away H3001 from H4480 the sons H1121 of men H120 .
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13. Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
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13. Gird H2296 yourselves , and lament H5594 , ye priests H3548 : howl H3213 , ye ministers H8334 of the altar H4196 : come H935 , lie all night H3885 in sackcloth H8242 , ye ministers H8334 of my God H430 : for H3588 the meat offering H4503 and the drink offering H5262 is withheld H4513 from the house H4480 H1004 of your God H430 .
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14. Announce a sacred fast; proclaim an assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land at the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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14. Sanctify H6942 ye a fast H6685 , call H7121 a solemn assembly H6116 , gather H622 the elders H2205 and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 , and cry H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 ,
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15. Woe because of that day! For the Day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
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15. Alas H162 for the day H3117 ! for H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is at hand H7138 , and as a destruction H7701 from the Almighty H4480 H7706 shall it come H935 .
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16. Hasn't the food been cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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16. Is not H3808 the meat H400 cut off H3772 before H5048 our eyes H5869 , yea , joy H8057 and gladness H1524 from the house H4480 H1004 of our God H430 ?
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17. The seeds lie shriveled in their casings. The storehouses are in ruin, and the granaries are broken down, because the grain has withered away.
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17. The seed H6507 is rotten H5685 under H8478 their clods H4053 , the garners H214 are laid desolate H8074 , the barns H4460 are broken down H2040 ; for H3588 the corn H1715 is withered H3001 .
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18. How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
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18. How H4100 do the beasts H929 groan H584 ! the herds H5739 of cattle H1241 are perplexed H943 , because H3588 they have no H369 pasture H4829 ; yea H1571 , the flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 are made desolate H816 .
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19. I call to You, LORD, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the countryside.
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19. O LORD H3068 , to H413 thee will I cry H7121 : for H3588 the fire H784 hath devoured H398 the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 , and the flame H3852 hath burned H3857 all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 .
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20. Even the wild animals cry out to You, for the river beds are dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.
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20. The beasts H929 of the field H7704 cry H6165 also H1571 unto H413 thee: for H3588 the rivers H650 of waters H4325 are dried up H3001 , and the fire H784 hath devoured H398 the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 .
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